Earned Run Average is standard in 5×5s, but it can be a finicky statistic.
Its most significant fault is that while pitchers are saddled with responsibility for it, the final number isn’t always in their control.
There are a lot of factors that can go into a run scoring, earned or unearned, but this is the statistic [...]
In case you haven’t noticed our little countdown timer in the sidebar to your right and about halfway down the page, the first pitchers and catchers report in eight days.
While it’s still ultra early in this 2010 baseball season, the Chinstrap Ninjas have been dicing through fantasy information like a Slap Chop does to onions [...]
Strikeouts are the one statistic that Major League pitchers really have control over.
Every other category they get credit for can be affected both positively and negatively by the offense and defense around him.
Cherish the strikeout pitcher. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the hurlers who are most likely to get you at [...]
Predicting wins is a crapshoot. You’re rolling dice if you’re drafting pitchers just because someone somewhere said they’ll get you 18 or 20 Ws.
However, it doesn’t hurt to know which players are most likely to get Ws, especially when you’re splitting hairs between two equally matched pitchers.
Just like the previous entries in this series — [...]
You have been unwilling to except my fantasy baseball advice about one Chicago White Sox starting pitcher for a couple posts now.
I’m not sure why. All he’s done is turn in a performance that was the seventh best in June. The fantasy league leaders reads: Tim Lincecum, Dan Haren, Jon Lester, Ricky Romero – who’s [...]
MEMO
To: All members of the Ninja Army
From: ep
Subject: We don’t quit at halftime
I request your audience today to remind you that the fantasy baseball season is very near its midpoint.
Most of you probably aren’t dominating every league you play in. If you are, congratulations, savant. For the rest of us, this is a crucial time [...]
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